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Contents
Legal Disclaimer ................................................................................... 2
Email 3 ............................................................................................... 4
Installing the Adsense Site Files on a New Domain.................................... 4
Watch the Video Tutorial ....................................................................... 5
Follow the PDF Installation Instructions ................................................... 5
Create a SQL Database for Your Site ....................................................... 6
Add New User to New Database ......................................................... 10
Upload the 2 Files ............................................................................ 11
Clear Out the Installation Files ............................................................. 20
Replace All URL References .................................................................. 21
Change the Login Information .............................................................. 23
Final WordPress Changes ..................................................................... 25
Installation Troubleshooting ................................................................. 35
To Do ................................................................................................ 36
Support ............................................................................................. 37

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Email 3

You’ve chosen your niche and a domain name for your site and in this update
you’re going to set up your website so it’s live and ready for content.

I’ve made a copy of the foundation of my own website with the basic plugins
I use already installed and configured.

All you have to do is some final customization.

If you already have WordPress installed on your domain AND you have
published content that you want to keep DO NOT install these files.

Instead, you can install the theme I’m using (I’m using the free
version): https://wordpress.org/themes/kadence/

Installing a clone on your domain is much faster than installing WordPress


yourself, adding every plugin, and configuring all of the settings for every one
of those plugins.

Go to this link to download the zip folder that


contains the files you need for this step:
https://www.extremereviewer.com/adsensesitefiles.zip
Save that folder to your computer and unzip it to extract the two files inside.

Installing the Adsense Site Files on a New Domain

The following instructions are for installing the Adsense site files on a domain
that does NOT already have WordPress installed.

Once the files are installed you’ll have a complete site ready for your content
including WordPress, WordPress settings, plugins, plugin settings, theme, and
theme settings.

The site files are installed by creating a new database/user/password in your


hosting account, uploading two files to your hosting account and running a
simple installer tool.

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I’ll walk you through each step. (If you do not already have a hosting account,
a basic, shared hosting account through Bluehost will suffice – that is my
affiliate link for Bluehost.)

To install the files and complete everything in this PDF you can either:

1. Watch the video showing how to install the site files and then jump
ahead to the Replace All URL References section

OR
2. Read through all the installation steps in this PDF

If you run into any issues see the section on Troubleshooting.

Watch the Video Tutorial

If you’ve decided to watch the video tutorial to guide you through the
installation you can find the video link below.

Watch the video tutorial on installing these


files here:
https://youtu.be/xGpTB00xg6M
Once you’ve completed the steps in the video go to the Replace All URL
References section to finish the rest of the basic site setup steps.

Follow the PDF Installation Instructions

If you’ve decided to read through the installation instructions start here and
continue through to the very end of this PDF.

Before we get started – some hosting accounts have dashboards that look
very different from the screens below. You may need to poke around in your
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dashboard to find the same features as shown in these screenshots. For
example, some hosting plans have an Advanced tab where you can find the
option to create a database or see your File Manager screen.

Create a SQL Database for Your Site

Before you can run the installer, you need to create a blank SQL database and
user for your new site.

To do this:

1. Log into your hosting account


2. Click on MySQL Databases in the database tools section (for those
hosting accounts that use cPanel, getting to MySQL Databases will look
something like the image below – if your host doesn’t use cPanel then refer
to their support articles for information on creating a SQL database)

3. In the Create a New Database section, enter a name for your new
database – you can use letters or numbers:

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4. Before clicking anything, make a note of the FULL name of your
database
a. The FULL name of your database is the line of characters above
the input field (often ends with an underscore) PLUS the name
you entered in the input field. For example, if the characters
above the input box were dexsrtm9_ and you gave your
database the name of pgs2mine then the FULL name of your
database is really dexsrtm9_pgs2mine. This is handled
differently by various hosting companies. It is possible that you
have no prefix and underscore before your database names.
5. Keep the FULL name of your database handy for use in the rest of
this step
6. Click the Create Database button

7. You should see a screen confirming creation of the database. Click


the option to Go Back to the previous screen.

You next need to create a User and connect that user to your new
database.

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To do this:

1. You should be back on the MySQL Databases screen in your hosting


account. Scroll down to the Add a New User section and enter a
combination of letters and numbers in the Username field:

2. Before clicking on anything, make a note of the FULL username of


the new user:
a. The FULL name of your new user is the line of characters before
the input field (often ends with an underscore) PLUS the name
you entered in the input field. For example, if the characters
before the input field were dexsrtm9_ and you gave your user
the name of 38sdlkj then the FULL name of your new user would
be dexsrtm9_38sdlkj. Not all hosting companies are the same
so it is possible to have no prefix and underscore before your
username.
3. Keep the FULL name of your new user handy for the rest of this step
4. Click the Password Generator button or enter a STRONG password of
your own in the Password and Password (Again) fields and make a
note of that password for use with the rest of this assignment

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5. Once you’ve entered your password and made a note of it
somewhere, click the Create a User button

6. You should see a screen confirming creation of the user. Click the
option to Go Back to the previous screen.

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Add New User to New Database
Next, you need to tie the new user to the new database.

To do this:

1. You should still be on the MySQL Databases screen in your hosting


account
2. Scroll down to the Add a User to a Database section, use the two
drop down boxes to select both your new user and your new table
(you should have those proper names stored from the previous
tasks) and then click the Add button:

3. On the Manage User Privileges screen check the box for ALL privileges
and then click the Make Changes button:

4. Once the change has been made click the Go Back button if you see
that on your screen
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Upload the 2 Files
You have one half of your site ready to go – the database– but now you need
the other half – the WordPress files and folders.

To do this:

1. Leave the MySQLDatabases screen and go back to your hosting


cPanel dashboard or home screen
2. Scroll down and click on File Manager:

3. Check any box to see hidden files, if there is one and click the Submit
button:

4. Scroll down and click on public_html to expand the folder (this is


usually where your site folders and files are located):

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5. Click on the root directory for your domain. When you assigned the
domain to your cPanel account, your hosting provider likely created a
directory (the root directory) for your new domain inside your public_html
directory. That new directory should have your domain name in the
directory name UNLESS the domain is the FIRST domain you ever assigned
to your hosting account. If that’s the case, there’s no subdirectory for your
site files because the public_html directory IS (usually) the root directory
for primary domains. Make sure you’re working in the right root directory
– inside public_html for primary domains and inside a subdirectory inside
of public_html if your domain is not the first domain assigned to your
hosting account:

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6. Click on the Upload option in the navigation menu (if you can’t upload
to File Manager with your host you will need to use FTP to upload the
files – refer to your host’s help articles for assistance with FTP):

7. Use the Browse button to navigate to the folder called


“adsensesitefiles” that you downloaded earlier and choose to upload
the installer.php file

8. Click the Browse button again to upload the .zip file that starts
with “adsensesite…”

9. Go back to File Manager and your root directory should look like this
but with the adsensesite zip file name instead of the
azonbreeze_wordpress zip folder:

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10. In a new tab in your browser (Firefox or Chrome), go to
yourdomain.com/installer.php (replace “yourdomain” with
YOUR actual domain)

11. Click to accept the installer terms:

12. Click the Next button:

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13. For Duplicator step #2:
1) Some hosting companies don’t use “localhost” for the host
name. If your hosting company uses something else change
that in the Host field.
2) Enter the name of the database you created in the Database
field
3) Enter the username for the user you created in the User field
4) Enter the password you created for the new user in the
Password

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14. Click the Test Database button:

15. If everything is green, click the Next button – if it’s not green double
check the information you entered for Host, Database, User, and
Password and make sure it’s correct. Read any notices and make
any necessary corrections until the test shows that everything has
passed.

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16. Make sure the settings are correct on the pop-up screen and click the
OK button:

17. On step 3 of 4 put the name of your site in the Title field (the screen
may look a little different with the site name on the top line – that’s
okay – just fill in that space with your site name wherever it’s located
– capitalize words and put spaces in between words):

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18. Click the Next button

19. Click the Admin Login button – NOTE: this should bring up the
WordPress login screen but if you get a blank screen then change the
URL in your browser to yourdomain.com/wp-admin:

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20. Use this login information to get into your site’s WordPress
dashboard:
1) USERNAME: mallwadmin
2) PASSWORD: ViPmW4HC)IE3QtZoYlrA&&pX

NOTE: If you receive a collation error when trying to install the files, refer
to this FAQ page for a solution:
https://snapcreek.com/duplicator/docs/faqs-tech/#faq-installer-
110-q – if the installation failed for ANY OTHER reason go here: FAQ
Section)

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Clear Out the Installation Files

You’ll want to remove the installation files from your site so that they can’t be
run again.

To do this:

1. Click the “Take me there now!” link in the message at the top of your
WordPress dashboard:

2. Click the Remove Installation Files button:

3. When that is done running, click the Clear Build Cache button:

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Replace All URL References

Some of the files that come with the site will still reference my domain used
to build these files and you need to change those references to your own
domain.

To do this:

1. Log into your WordPress site


2. Go to Tools/Better Search and Replace in your WordPress
dashboard:

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3. Enter beadedfox.com in the “Search for” box, enter YOUR
DOMAIN (no https or http or www in front of it) in the “Replace with”
box, highlight all the tables, UNCHECK the “Run as dry run?” box,
CHECK the box to Replace GUIDs and click the Run Search/Replace
button (where this photo shows rjwsays.com you’ll want to put
beadedfox.com):

4. When the process is complete you should see a message at the top
showing how many changes were made (your number may be
different than the example image and that’s okay!):

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Change the Login Information

You may want to change the username and password for your site rather than
use the default username and password.

To do this:

1. Go to Users/Add New in your Wordpress dashboard:

2. Complete the fields showing in the image below making sure to choose
Administrator as the role (otherwise that user can’t use all the features
in the WordPress dashboard) and click the Add New User button:

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3. Log out of your site and then back in with the new username and
password to make sure it works
4. As long as the new username and password work go to Users/All Users
and choose to delete the mallwadmin user – if asked, attribute any
existing content from the older username to the new username

Now you should only be able to log in with the new username and password.

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Final WordPress Changes

Using the files I provided to set up your WordPress site accomplished several
things:

• Installed WordPress
• Installed the theme I’m using for my Adsense site
• Installed the basic plugins I use with this kind of site with MOST Of them
already configured with the proper settings
• Added code to the site’s htaccess file to use webp images
• Created an About page, a Privacy Policy page, and a Contact Page
• Included a plugin to cover the EU cookie disclosure requirement
• Included a default favicon for your site that would work with most sites
and niches

Not everything could be preconfigured. Some plugin settings could only be


done once the files were on your domain. Follow the steps below to finish
setting up your WordPress site:

1. Go to Settings/Permalinks in your WordPress dashboard, make


sure “Post name” is selected, and click the Save button (EVEN IF
YOU HAVE NOT MADE A CHANGE – WordPress sometimes gets a
syncing issue with permalinks and this should prevent the issue
from showing up while you clean up the installation)

2. If you see a notification at the very top of your WordPress admin


dashboard that says there are updates to process, click on that
notification and complete the updates for WordPress, plugins and
themes:

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3. Add a meta description that describes what your site is about:

a. Go to SEO/Search Appearance
b. Make sure you’re in the General tab for Search
Appearance

c. In the Meta Description Template field for the Home


page, write one sentence that tells visitors what your
site is about. A meta description is often what will show
up under your site’s listing in search results when the
home page of your site is the ranking page. This is
your space to use for advertising in Google search
results. Make your description enticing so that if people
see it in search results they’ll want to visit your site.

d. Click the Save Changes button at the bottom of the


screen

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4. Check your site title and add a tagline:

a. Go to Settings/General in WordPress:

b. Make sure your site name shows in the Site Title field
AND include a short description of your site in the
Tagline field:

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c. Scroll down and click the Save Changes button:

5. Finish your Privacy Page setup – in the past I used a plugin to


generate the Privacy Policy page content. As a result of the
European Union’s new GDPR regulation, I have created my own
Privacy Policy and Terms of Service content by combining that
from a free plugin along with that from a free privacy page
generator AND tweaked that content to work for affiliate
marketers. I am NOT an attorney. I cannot guarantee that
this content meets all the requirements of the GDPR. It is
simply the same content I am using on my own sites and I am
providing it to you free of charge. I encourage you to read up
on the GDPR on your own and make any additional changes to
the content in this page that you feel would be appropriate:
https://www.eugdpr.org/

a. Go to Pages/All Pages in your WordPress dashboard


b. Hover over the Privacy and Terms of Service page and
click the Edit button for that page:

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c. There are a large number of words in the content in
that page that are in all capital letters. These need to
be replaced with your own information. Following are a
list of the words that need to be replaced (Note: If
you’re comfortable using the Better Search Replace
tool, you can go to Tools/Better Search Replace in
WordPress and use that to replace the following with
the information for your own site and location
information). Just scroll through the content, click in an
area where you see one of these words and replace
them with your own information.
i.YOURSITENAME – replace all instances with the
actual name of your site. Example: if your
site is flowerfrenzy.com you’d replace every
instance of YOURSITENAME with Flower Frenzy
(your site name spelled out and capitalized)
ii.YOURDOMAIN.COM – replace all instances with your
actual domain. Example: if your site is
flowerfrenzy.com you’d replace every instance
of YOURDOMAIN.COM with
FlowerFrenzy.com.
iii.YOURSITENAMEPOSSESSIVE – replace all instances
with the possessive form of your site’s name.
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The possessive form of a noun is often formed
by adding an apostrophe+s to the end of a
name or by adding just an apostrephe.
Example: if your site is flowerfrenzy.com
you’d replace every instance of
YOURSITENAMEPOSSESSIVE with Flower
Frenzy’s.
iv.CITY/STATE/COUNTRY – replace all instances with
your own city, state (if applicable) and country
name.
v.YOURCOUNTYANDSTATEORCOUNTRY – replace all
instances with the name of your county and
state or your country if you are not in the US.
vi.YOURCITYANDCOUNTRY – replace all instances with
your own city and country name.
vii.YOURLANGUAGE – replace all instances with either
the word “English” or the language in which
you would prefer to receive any legal
documents related to your website.

d. Click the Update button at the top right of the screen


when you’re done:

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6. Hide your login URL:

a. Go to Security/Settings in your WordPress dashboard:

b. Click the Configure Settings button in the Hide


Backend box (if you don’t see this box, click the
small ALL link at the top of the list of boxes – this
will show you all boxes available with this plugin)
c. Click the box to enable the hide backend feature
d. Login Slug - enter a NEW slug for your login screen. A
slug is the part of the URL that comes after
.com/. Whatever you enter in this box will be your new
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login screen URL. You can enter your initials and a
codeword or a word you'll remember. This makes it
hard for hackers to find your log in
screen. REMEMBER TO MAKE A NOTE OF YOUR
NEW LOGIN URL BECAUSE ONCE YOU SAVE THIS
CHANGE THE WP-ADMIN URL WILL NOT BRING UP
YOUR LOGIN SCREEN!!
e. Click the Save Settings button

7. Whitelist your IP address:

a. Go to Security/Settings
b. Click the Configure Settings button for the Global
Settings box
c. Scroll down to the Lockout White List section and click
the button to add your IP address to the whitelist
d. Save the changes

8. Add your email address to Settings:

a. Go to Settings/General in your WordPress dashboard:

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b. Scroll down and put your own email address in the
Administration Email Address field:

c. Scroll down and click the Save Changes button at the


bottom of the screen:

9. Complete your About page:

a. Go to Pages/All Pages in your WordPress dashboard:

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b. Hover over the About page title and click the Edit link
underneath:

c. Write a couple of paragraphs that introduce who you


are and talk about why you created the site:

d. Click the Update button to save your changes:

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Installation Troubleshooting

These file installations can be tricky and can fail for a variety of reasons. Be
assured, I’ve yet to run into a host where I can’t get the files installed so if
you have any issues that can’t be resolved with the information below please
contact me at Erica@extremereviewer.com.

Here is a list of common issues you might run into installing the files:

1. You left the setting for Host name as “localhost” but your hosting
account uses unique host names. If you go to MySQL Databases in your
hosting account and look for a host or server name. Try pasting that
information into the Host name field in the installation screen instead of
leaving it as “localhost”.
2. The database name, username, or password was incorrect as entered
into the installation screen. Try running through the steps again and
double check that all of those fields are correct.
3. Your hosting company automatically installed WordPress on your
domain. If you have no existing content in that WordPress installation
you can delete all of the files in your site’s root directory in File Manager
and try the installation process again.
4. In trying to run the installation again, you’re bumping up against data
that was partially loaded during a previous, failed installation. Try
starting over entirely by deleting anything in your site’s root directory
in File Manager, creating a brand new database, a new user, and a new
password and run the installation again.
5. You can log into your site but your home page doesn’t work. Some
hosting companies put a default.html page in the root directory of a new
site automatically. This default.html gets picked up as the home page.
To check, go to http/YOURDOMAIN.com/about/. If that page of the site
comes up then you may have this issue. Check your site’s root directory
in File Manager to see if there is such a file. If so, delete it.

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To Do

Your tasks:

1. Download the site files


2. Install them on your site
3. Complete the steps to customize your site for your domain
4. Complete your About pae

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Support

If you need to contact me during the 30 day program because you have a
question or have not received your emails:

Send an email to erica@extremereviewer.com

If I do not respond within 72 hours that could indicate a delivery issue


has occurred between my email system and yours. Following are
backup methods of reaching me should you not receive a response
from that email address:

• Email ericadesertpond@gmail.com
• Email: ericastone@desertpond.com

Facebook (you’ll have to friend me first, though, so I see the message):


https://www.facebook.com/erica.stone.1272

I look forward to working with you!

Sincerely,

Erica Stone

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